In IRS Tax Tip 2022-103 don’t believe all those TV and Radio commercials from scam non licensed businesses promising to “…settle your tax debt for pennies on the dollar.” The IRS does not negotiate tax debt. Why CNN continues to sell them airtime is a mystery… As the old saying goes: When something sounds too […]
The IRS reminds taxpayers that they do not call taxpayers, do not demand immediate payment without allowing the taxpayer to question or appeal the amount owed, do not request a prepaid debit card or credit card and not over the telephone, and the IRS does not threaten to bring in local police or other agencies […]
For the third year, the IRS has compiled an official list of top tax scams, dubbed the Dirty Dozen. And again, offshore tax cheating has earned a place on the list. Recently, the IRS boasted of obtaining more than half a million disclosures of unreported offshore money from dodgers and recovery of $9.9 billion in owed
Every year the IRS compiles a Dirty Dozen list of the most prevalent tax scams for the previous year. Topping the recently published 2017 report are phone scams, phishing, and one that really hits home: Return Preparer Fraud. “The vast majority of tax professionals provide honest, high quality service.” But there are a minority of preparers
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers against telephone scammers targeting students and parents during the back-to-school season and demanding payments for non-existent taxes, such as the federal student tax. People should be on the lookout for IRS impersonators calling students and demanding that they wire money immediately to pay a fake “federal […]
New Phishing Scheme Mimics Software Providers; Targets Tax Professional WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today alerted tax professionals to an emerging phishing email scam that pretends to be from tax software providers and tries to trick recipients into clicking on a bogus link. The email scheme is the latest in a series of attempts […]
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today said using abusive tax shelters and structures to avoid paying taxes continues to be a problem and remains on its annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2016 filing season. “Taxpayers should steer clear of unscrupulous promoters who sell phony tax shelters with […]
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today finished its 2016 “Dirty Dozen” tax scams list by warning taxpayers against using frivolous tax arguments to avoid paying their taxes. Also today, the IRS released the 2016 version of “The Truth about Frivolous Tax Arguments.” The document describes and responds to some of the common frivolous tax […]
By Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. February 17, 2016 Every year, the IRS releases a list of what it calls the worst tax scams of the year. Beginning Feb. 1 and ending on Feb. 17, the IRS issued a news release each day highlighting a scam. These “dirty dozen” scams can be encountered at any time […]
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service showed a new surge in IRS email schemes and renewed a consumer alert for e-mail schemes after seeing an approximate 400 percent surge in phishing and malware incidents so far this tax season. The emails are designed to trick taxpayers into thinking these are official communications from the IRS […]
